ntoxication of my bodyâs build, coloring, & form, I wandered about, regarding no one as my equal or better. Foolish, arrogant, haughty, my banner held high. I—disrespectful, arrogant, proud— bowed down to no one, not even mother, father, or those commonly held in respect. Then—seeing the ultimate leader, supreme, foremost of charioteers, like a blazing sun, arrayed with a squadron of monks— casting away pride & intoxication through an awareness serene & clear, I bowed down my head to him, supreme among all living beings. Haughtiness & contempt have been abandoned —rooted out— the conceit "I am" is extracted, all forms of pride, destroyed. See also: AN 3:39; AN 7:48; Thig 5:2 - --> - - - -